CELTIC welcome back striker Kasper Hogh and hand a debut to keeper Sam Johnstone as Martin O’Neill shakes up the team to face St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park this evening.
Oliver Sorensen, on loan from Parma, also gets a start in midfield.
In-form Camilo Duran is named among the stand-by squad as in Viljami Sinisalo, Benjamin Nygren and Kieran Tierney.
Cameron Carter-Vickers is missing altogether and Dane Murray will partner Auston Trusty in central defence.
TEAM: Johnstone; Donovan, Murray, Trusty, Scales; Sorensen, McGregor, Baur; Hassan, Hogh, Tounekti. Subs: Sinisalo, Lotomba, Nygren, Duran, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mheuka, Van den Berg, Forrest and Tierney.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past associations with the Perth club in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat the questions and provide the answers.
KNEESY DOES IT…Daizen Maeda celebrates one of his double in Celtic’s 5-0 Scottish Cup semi-final triumph over St Johnstone at Hampden in April 2025. (See Question 2.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Which Celt scored four goals in half-an-hour when the champions beat St Johnstone 6-0 at McDiarmid Park in the league in October 2018?
2: Can you name two of the Celtic goalscorers in the 5-0 Scottish Cup semi-final win over the Perth side on April 20 last year who have now left the champions?
3: Which current Celtic player had a spell on loan at Saints in 2019?
4: St Johnstone boss Simo Valakari played for which Scottish club: A: St Mirren; B: Motherwell or C: Kilmarnock?
5: True or false: Luke McCowan played for St Johnstone earlier in his career?
ANSWERS:
1: James Forrest.
2: Daizen Maeda (Ipswich Town) and Adam Idah (Swansea City).
3: Anthony Ralston.
4: B: Motherwell.
5: False. Luke McCowan played for Ayr United and Dundee before joining Celtic in August 2024.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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